Letters to the Editor
Kitt
Published Letters: 2940
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al Sadr
[Read the article: McClatchy reports on shift in Iraq propaganda]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Out on a limb, but if we sat down at the bargaining table with Moktada al Sadr, knowing that his first and only bargaining position is that he wants us to leave, we could legitimately ask him what he could do to help us achieve his goal, no?
-- ondelette
His answer would be, "You surely must be deaf and blind. I've been telling you for years now, you have no say in the matter beyond your bully abilities. Just leave. That is all I ask of you."
And that is not his "first and only bargaining position", except with us. With others, others, those who live in Iraq and those who are the absurdly labeled 'democratically elected" government of Iraq...well...then Sadar will need to toss the ball around and go one on one another.
We'll stop losing lives iraq and billions of dollars a month because of Iraq, and we'll be more than happy to express and occasion or even frequent opinion about how they might consider proceeding.
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al Sadr Who?
[Read the article: McClatchy reports on shift in Iraq propaganda]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Ondolette,
I don't know what al Sadr wants to do, would do, or would accomplish if he tried any of the above. My point is that we have no say in it, beyond our bullying.
About that, he and so many others, who could take his place within five minutes if he were suddenly gone, are correct.
Why do we need to be bargaining with the Iraqis while standing on their throats, and having our young and older kids shot at everyday? Can't we just go about our own - much more important - business elsewhere and at home and just deal with Iraq as it comes without risking everything in the process as if nothing else on earth mattered more than what people such as al Sadr do or don't do?
We have better things to do than to be acting as if the al Sadrs of the world are the be all and end all of what happens to America. No doubt about it.
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onde
[Read the article: McClatchy reports on shift in Iraq propaganda]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Fine, no talk to generals, no talk to al Sadr. What then?
-- ondelette
I'm all for having our reps and the people of this nation talking to Generals. I'm just not for having the reps and the people of this nation being only talked at by Generals.
The parallel you built of to talking to al Sadr in the same breath as talking to our Generals doesn't compute with me.
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McClatchey Owns...
[Read the article: McClatchy reports on shift in Iraq propaganda]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Fort Worth? Fresno? Sacramento? Miami? Boise? Charlotte? Never heard of 'em.
--Anonymous
McClatchey owns the Sacramento Bee, near where I live.
And they own:
Daily Newspapers
Alaska
* Anchorage Daily News
California
* The Fresno Bee
* The Modesto Bee
* The Sacramento Bee
* Merced Sun-Star
* The Tribune (San Luis Obispo)
Florida
* The Bradenton Herald
* The Miami Herald
* El Nuevo Herald
Georgia
* Columbus Ledger-Enquirer
* The Telegraph (Macon)
Idaho
* The Idaho Statesman
Illinois
* Belleville News-Democrat
Kansas
* The Olathe News
* The Wichita Eagle
Kentucky
And so on...
http://cjrarchives.org/tools/owners/mcclatchy.asp
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Ondo
[Read the article: McClatchy reports on shift in Iraq propaganda]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]You're not 'boxing me in'. It's not my fault, or am I in denial that our Congress currently is a weak partner, and that Generals are historically upended by administrations.
But, Al Sadr...I Don't care or think he has any bearing on the end result on if we stay or go or when we stay or go.
I only Care about the outcome of all of this, but the first step (if you can believe we are still at that point) is to narrow the discussion down. He has no a part in that discussion.
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Anon# gawd knows
[Read the article: McClatchy reports on shift in Iraq propaganda]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Well, Kitt
Clearly, you're isolated and independent.
Congratulations!
--Anonymous
Oh, am I the first to express the thoughts I've expressed that you've read on these pages? I think not. Congratulations are not in order.
Save them for sometime when sarcasm and insults will not be for what they are used for. Thanks.
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@Anon# whocouldpossiblycountthathighinafewseconds
[Read the article: McClatchy reports on shift in Iraq propaganda]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Hey, Kitt
Maybe you're not quite getting me here, the point being that it's kind of boneheaded to identify McClatchy as "isolated and independent media venues," when they're a great big publicly traded top 3 media corporation. No insult to you at all. I've lived in smaller places than Fresno. If you have an NYSE-traded stock and you own the frickin' Miami Herald, you're not exactly isolated and independent, but that doesn't go along with the standing narrative of evil, monolithic media corporations controlled by mustache-twirling Snideley Whiplashes.
--Anonymous
Is there a post where I said some of that? You're right that I'm not getting you here. I don't get your attack on me.
You do realize that how ever large they are they have been shut out of Pentagon media?
So, what is it exactly that you are faulting me for?
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Well, let me see...
[Read the article: McClatchy reports on shift in Iraq propaganda]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Kitt, you humorless turd
I'm faulting you for not getting the joke about you being "isolated and independent" like all those poor rubes who live in California, Miami, Idaho, and pretty much everywhere but NYC and DC under the "McClatchy is isolated and independent" standard of the blurb introducing this GG post. Jesus H. Christ on a rubber pogo stick you are either thick or damned intent on finding an insult where none was originally intended.
--Anonymous
Oh. Is this an Emily Latilla moment for me? Those are always fun.
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William
[Read the article: Standards of American justice under George W. Bush]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]"...and to be patient with his audience."
That has to be the hardest part of public speaking, or whatever way one goes about engaging the public. One has little say in how they are reacted to, and it can be a surprising and disconcerting experience.